Interactive Multimedia Timeline
First Claim
1. A method for allowing a plurality of users to collaboratively interact via a dynamic timeline that presents a plurality of events in a multimedia format, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) establishing a system where users, computers, networks, software, and databases interact;
b) defining access rights to said system;
c) displaying available multimedia files from said databases to said users with appropriate system access rights;
d) adding new multimedia files to said databases;
e) enhancing said multimedia files;
f) transcribing a message associated with a multimedia file; and
g) sending a notification to a user group thereby to alert said user group of said message.
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Abstract
A method and system for allowing a plurality of users to collaboratively interact via a dynamic timeline that presents a plurality of events in an interactive multimedia format. The method and system allows a user to define a computer network group by setting access parameters, add additional individual user to a network group, create a timeline to receive and display a plurality of events, display a timeline to all of the users of the network group, place an event on the timeline in a chronologically ordered manner, allow the individual user to interact with a plurality of events on the timeline, and to send a notification of the individual user timeline interaction to all of the users of the network group.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for allowing a plurality of users to collaboratively interact via a dynamic timeline that presents a plurality of events in a multimedia format, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) establishing a system where users, computers, networks, software, and databases interact; b) defining access rights to said system; c) displaying available multimedia files from said databases to said users with appropriate system access rights; d) adding new multimedia files to said databases; e) enhancing said multimedia files; f) transcribing a message associated with a multimedia file; and g) sending a notification to a user group thereby to alert said user group of said message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented system for allowing a plurality of users to collaboratively interact via a dynamic timeline that presents a plurality of events in a multimedia format, the computer-implemented system comprising:
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a) a general purpose computing device; and b) a computer program executable by said computing device, wherein said computing device is directed by said computer program to; (1) establish a system where users, computers, networks, software, and databases interact; (2) define access rights to said system; (3) display available multimedia files from said databases to said users with appropriate system access rights; (4) add new multimedia files to said databases; (5) enhance said multimedia files; (6) transcribe a message associated with a multimedia file; and (7) send a notification to a user group thereby to alert said user group of said message. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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